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[noitslucasngo]

Quick question: what is the lowest offset can our cars handle, disregarding tire size..... ? im ordering some spacers just want to make sure i get the right size.



Thanks

[shovelhead84]

Quick question: what is the lowest offset can our cars handle, disregarding tire size..... ? im ordering some spacers just want to make sure i get the right size.



Thanks

wheel width?

[noitslucasngo]

8.5

[mikr32]

www.willtheyfit.com

[Saabstory02]

Quick question: what is the lowest offset can our cars handle, disregarding tire size..... ? im ordering some spacers just want to make sure i get the right size.



Thanks

Loaded question is loaded...

[Fast1one]

Disregarding tire size? Tire size determines the lowest offset, as well as how much you're lowered, wheel width, suspension stiffness, fat chicks....

Go out and use a tape measure or do a search on similar setups. There are multiple examples of MKVs with 8.5" wide wheels.

Personally, I feel that a 8.5" wheel with a 225 wide tire and about a +40-45 offset is just about perfect. But that's just my preference

[AWPower]

on an 8.5 et 30 would sit nicely.

[noitslucasngo]

Right now i have 19x8.5 +33 on 215 35 and rear fender... tires rubbing and hitting my wheels
i guess might just have to raise up my car then....

[AWPower]

What the FTG in the rear. I have a 9 et43 in the rear and have no rubbing issues, even with people in the back seats

[noitslucasngo]

FTG? sorry cant keep up with all this lingo....

[AWPower]

Measure the fender to ground height if you are rubbing you are at under 23" or around there. My FTG is at about 23 1/4". That quarter is a huge difference when it comes to rubbing tires

[AWPower]

Oh measure from the center of the fender down its more accurate

[noitslucasngo]

mine is at 23 3/4'

[AWPower]

Thats weird. Our wheels are almost identical in the rear and I have a 215/40 with no rubbing issues

[AWPower]

Do you have adjustable damping on your coilovers?

[mpearce]

Right now i have 19x8.5 +33 on 215 35 and rear fender... tires rubbing and hitting my wheels
i guess might just have to raise up my car then....

mine is at 23 3/4'

Get 18s or 17s if you want to be low

[noitslucasngo]

Do you have adjustable damping on your coilovers?

i do i have bilsteins im all the way down on 4 coils

[noitslucasngo]

Get 18s or 17s if you want to be low

dont want to go lower...cant anyways i just want to go wider

[mpearce]

dont want to go lower...cant anyways i just want to go wider

Are your alignment specs close to stock, if you so you may need to run more camber

[noitslucasngo]

Are your alignment specs close to stock, if you so you may need to run more camber

yeah i got an alignment like a month ago, i cant run more camber cause you cant adjust it and i dont have camber plates

[lfungus]

One thing you should be aware of is that if you change the offset either through wheels
or spacers it will change steering geometry and could affect your steering feel, tracking etc.

[AWPower]

yeah i got an alignment like a month ago, i cant run more camber cause you cant adjust it and i dont have camber plates

That is your problem right there. You can adjust the rear camber there is a bolt that you turn and can push the bottom of the wheels out to get more camber

Quote, originally posted by Lower it!! »

Sal's the best.

damn, and i really went outside.. jacked up my car and took a pic.

im showing you anyway.

bottom= subframe .. toe adjustment
top= camber

[AWPower]

One thing you should be aware of is that if you change the offset either through wheels
or spacers it will change steering geometry and could affect your steering feel, tracking etc.

Dont think he is worried about tracking his car if he has 19s on

[noitslucasngo]

That is your problem right there. You can adjust the rear camber there is a bolt that you turn and can push the bottom of the wheels out to get more camber

which bolt is that?

[noitslucasngo]

That is your problem right there. You can adjust the rear camber there is a bolt that you turn and can push the bottom of the wheels out to get more camber

its the eccentric bolt right? do i turn it left or right?

[PSU]

Right now i have 19x8.5 +33 on 215 35 and rear fender... tires rubbing and hitting my wheels
i guess might just have to raise up my car then....

Sounds like you need some negative camber.

Also, 19"s are tough.

[PSU]

One thing you should be aware of is that if you change the offset either through wheels
or spacers it will change steering geometry and could affect your steering feel, tracking etc.

[noitslucasngo]

Sounds like you need some negative camber.

Also, 19"s are tough.

i need to take it to a shop that eccentric bolt is on too tight....

[AWPower]

Its the bolt in the picture I posted in the previous post. The one in the background you just loosen it and and push the arm out, then tighten again

[noitslucasngo]

Its the bolt in the picture I posted in the previous post. The one in the background you just loosen it and and push the arm out, then tighten again

You're talking about the bolt on the left with the washer right? not the bold to the left of the blue springs?

[AWPower]

You're talking about the bolt on the left with the washer right? not the bold to the left of the blue springs?

Bolt left of the blue spring, top bolt = camber bolt. The bolt all the way to the left, way left is the subframe bolt.

[JRutter]

One thing you should be aware of is that if you change the offset either through wheels
or spacers it will change steering geometry and could affect your steering feel, tracking etc.

He means that the scrub radius changes with offset changes. Valid point.

[Aviator.]

smaller tires, camber, more low.

[AWPower]

smaller tires, camber, more low.

always in with the best input

[noitslucasngo]

i got the bolt off....but now the problem is how do i move the bolt to adjust the camber let me post a pic of it....